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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's because of urban sprawl. People prefer to drive farther and longer rather than living in higher density housing.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

People prefer to drive farther and longer rather than living in higher density housing.

If that were really true, it wouldn't be necessary to restrict residential zoning density by law because people wouldn't choose to build multifamily housing even where it was allowed.

In reality, it's the opposite: dense housing is severely restricted by law, but because so many people do want to live in it, the price gets driven up to the point that they can't afford to anymore and are forced to drive farther and longer instead.

[–] muse@fedia.io 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Disagree. Just gave up on the nightmare of living in a food desert of a Midwest city of nothing but long drives to move to a city three times the size using roughly 50% the space.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago

It's a selection effect. Those that remain are those that prefer that kind of isolation.:-) (or are trapped bc they don't know how to move away)

If you wanted to e.g. own animals like horses it can legit be better to live in a more rural area.